The Official I'm not at Gaydon thread

[march109]

Well I'm not there/Going.

Zone doesn't seem as dead as I thought it would be!

Who else stayed home?

[zaust]

Me... I'm at work Bunch of tyre kickkers so far... Not good...

[fuzzy]

me. although im off out to do a bit of work on the side shortly.

[Speedtouch]

Me neither, but I may polish up my BBS lips later

[march109]

Me... I'm at work Bunch of tyre kickkers so far... Not good...

Economy - everyones being more carefull with money. Could be worse you could be selling french scrap. Oh

[gooner1]

Work for me too, got within 2 miles of Gaydon last year, then had almighty row with the wife.
Turned round and spent the rest of the weekend in complete silence. So not all bad

[march109]

Me neither, but I may polish up my BBS lips later

I was planning that until the wind picked up.

[zaust]

Lol.. Well I have moved from Pug to citroen now.. At least they look better.

[HartgeH27]

Yep I am at home too....................

[daimlerman]

Working later on today,drivin' to Peterlee.....

[march109]

I'm packing because I'm moving home, and

[andyp]

i am thinking of getting on the bike and popping over there for a look but a bit windy here at the mo and i am feeling lazy

[Steve-E30]

Im not going to Gay Dons either

[Elecblondie]

I'm not, thought about it but spent too much on driving miles this week.

[E30Mark]

At home, rewiring the boiler

[StuBeeDoo]

I'm not going either.
450 mile round trip for me (about 8 hours driving). I'm not that bothered about wandering 'round looking at some highly polished E30's - I'd rather be enjoying my own for a couple of hours and then chillin'.
Don't get me wrong, I've got plenty respect for the work that goes into the cars, but spending hours looking at - and talking about - them does nothing for me anymore. Been there, done that, got the t-shirts the photo's and the medals over 20 years ago.
Yeovil.....
Bromley.....
Silverstone.....
List goes on and on.

[hoshy]

I'm still in bed

[d6dph]

At home, rewiring the boiler

Is that what you call it

[1bash]

Staying in the area having a barby and a few

[karaokebykris]

I was gonna go and have a mooch about but the insureance docs have not come through for my daily derv so still no tax on it. oh well, had a look about on my track car and found more rust than i wanted too... decision time now

[pete69zx]

I'm at home cooking a beef pot roast

Regards,
Pete.

[GrindCulture]

I'm not there, putting my touring back together seeing as it's stopped pissing it down for 25 seconds (at least I will be after lunch, til then I'll sit on here and watch Diagnosis Murder!)

[HartgeH27]

At home, rewiring the boiler

TBH dont miss the early start from Warwick area and having to sort Uncle Ron out, do you Mark ?

Now stop reading and get back to yer boiler !!!!

[billgatese30]

i'm not there as i have been away the last couple of weekends and will be away again in a few weeks so could do without spending 70 quid on petrol and an overnight stop on top of that.

[DieselMeister]

At home reading the zone as usual !

[smithy318i]

No car

[OBs]

Im not, although I wouldnt be able to afford it anyway

So Im off out in a moment funny enough to look at French scrap (for the missus)

[Speedtouch]

Speedtouch wrote: "I may polish up my BBS lips later "
Look how well they came up! Following a nice bit of action with a Dremel, wire wool and Solvol.

[BMJG]

to wet and windy for me, did some more work on the cab in the dry garage

[e30topless]

busy helping a freind salvage his share of the furniture after a nasty divorce
I really really wanted to go, would have been a good run out for the 320 I will have to make do looking at the pics posted

[Ziggy]

Was at home, doing a Sunday roast in my new kitchen, then I went & got my E30 to move it into my new garage. A productive day!

[cecotto479]

I'd rather stick sharpened golf tes in my eyeballs.

Acres and acres of slightly blinged up E46s and E39s with the (very) occasional interesting car in amongst them AND all those BMWCCGB tossers (present company excluded, obviously) as well. No, ta.

[robbo86]

speedtouch, your near me, would you do mine for me, and if so for what cost..... my bbs rims that is....

i didnt go, i was working

[Speedtouch]

Robbo,
Why not have a go yourself? It's pretty time-consuming, you need to use plenty of paint stripper followed up by sandpaper/wet & dry, wire wool, etc. to remove the paint and primer (the BBS primer is tough stuff!) then polish with Solvol Autosol. A Dremel helps to get into all the awkward areas. Takes around 2 hours per wheel to get a reasonable finish. Thereafter, unless you lacquer coat them (which isn't recommended, as it cracks and lets water in) you'll need to repolish every fortnight or so (only around 5-10 minutes per wheel) to maintain the shine.

Not for everyone perhaps, but my BBS had manky-looking scratched paint/corroded lips to begin with, so it was a cheap DIY refurb job more than anything.